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Old Posted Jun 11, 2019, 2:35 AM
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1919 General Strike Monument
The plan is for the sculpture to be unveiled June 21, a century to the day after the bloodiest event of the Winnipeg General Strike. On a Saturday six weeks into the 1919 strike, tens of thousands of people gathered on Main Street at the former city hall to support striking workers and to protest the arrest days earlier of labour leaders.

When a streetcar driven by strikebreakers approached, demonstrators rocked it off its tracks and set fire to it. The North West Mounted Police, joined by untrained special constables, rode into the crowd with clubs and guns. Bullets were fired. Two people died and dozens were injured as a result of the confrontation on a day now known as Bloody Saturday.



@HTFC_Winnipeg May 15

To celebrate 100 years since Winnipeg was the epicentre of the modern labour movement in Canada, we are collaborating with @noamgonick and @WinnipegArts on new artwork at the corner of Market Avenue and Main Street, commemorating the 1919 General Strike!

https://twitter.com/HTFC_Winnipeg/st...16696192049152
The streetcar will get some finishing touches, including lighting and windows, over the next three weeks before it is unveiled. (Darren Bernhardt/CBC)





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There is still work to complete before the streetcar will be unveiled to the public on June 21, 2019 — exactly 100 years after Bloody Saturday.

Some finishing work needs to be done on the steel, then wiring and windows need to be installed. The car will be illuminated from the inside and there will also be a beam from a headlight.

"In about three weeks' time, we're going to launch it and reveal it for the world," Gonick said.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/manit...ture-1.5159832
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I love these kinds of street drawings. Interesting commentary from this one too!

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Progress of new murals from Mural Fest in Montreal.

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Montreal Museum of Fine Art summer installation


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1919 General Strike Monument 'Bloody Saturday'
Location: Pantages Playhouse Theatre Plaza
Artists: Bernie Miller and Noam Gonick
Status: Completed
Description: On a Saturday six weeks into the 1919 strike, tens of thousands of people gathered on Main Street at the former city hall to support striking workers and to protest the arrest days earlier of labour leaders.

When a streetcar driven by strikebreakers approached, demonstrators rocked it off its tracks and set fire to it. The North West Mounted Police, joined by untrained special constables, rode into the crowd with clubs and guns. Bullets were fired. Two people died and dozens were injured as a result of the confrontation on a day now known as Bloody Saturday.

Overturned Streetcar, Winnipeg General Strike, Winnipeg, 21 June 1919.









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Old Posted Jun 22, 2019, 2:18 PM
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/\. Wow, very cool. Night and day. Bravo !
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A very cool video of the official launch ceremony of the 1919 Strike monument:

https://www.instagram.com/p/BzBgIoEA...d=5baqq13qfrgn
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Ai Weiwei sculpture constructed at the Forks in Winnipeg. Photos are from the CBC news article. It's still under construction, so the photos below are not the final form.







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The above posted sculpture, completed in time for Nuit Blanche Winnipeg.



Nuit Blanche Winnipeg by Chadillaccc, on Flickr

Nuit Blanche Winnipeg by Chadillaccc, on Flickr

The Forks by Chadillaccc, on Flickr
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A new mural in Halifax by Jacoba Niepoort.







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Here's the real deal. No background to the sign so we can kind of see through it. Even worse during the day. Poor execution.


http://toronto.citynews.ca/video/201...to-once-again/


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That's awesome! Missed this entirely when it was first posted. Happy to see that the impasse with Ryerson and the City about the future of the sign has been resolved.
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New 10-storey mural by birdO on St. Clair:





https://urbantoronto.ca/news/2019/11...e-and-st-clair
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https://urbantoronto.ca/news/2019/11...e-and-st-clair
Cool...an otherwise blank concrete façade. More of this.

Deer for Deer Park? (Yonge and St. Clair)...curious
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1919 General Strike Monument 'Bloody Saturday'
Location: Pantages Playhouse Theatre Plaza
Artists: Bernie Miller and Noam Gonick
Status: Completed
Description: On a Saturday six weeks into the 1919 strike, tens of thousands of people gathered on Main Street at the former city hall to support striking workers and to protest the arrest days earlier of labour leaders.

When a streetcar driven by strikebreakers approached, demonstrators rocked it off its tracks and set fire to it. The North West Mounted Police, joined by untrained special constables, rode into the crowd with clubs and guns. Bullets were fired. Two people died and dozens were injured as a result of the confrontation on a day now known as Bloody Saturday.

Overturned Streetcar, Winnipeg General Strike, Winnipeg, 21 June 1919.









Yes...very cool!
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https://dailyhive.com/vancouver/spin...use-public-art

Underneath the Granville St. Bridge in Vancouver is turning into a huge public art area as part of Vancouver House and the surrounding area. Apaprently the chandelier was going up this weekend and unveiling next week
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Vancouvers latest art installation

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That's cool, is it temp or permanent?
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That's cool, is it temp or permanent?
Permanent.
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